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There is nothing wrong with the bulletin board at the student center It works It's kinda sad that members of a club have to share their private details with s

There is nothing wrong with the bulletin board at the student center It works It's kinda sad that members of a club have to share their private details with some remote third party focused on surveillance, data collection and targeting ads in order communicate with other members or potential members. Not to mention the possibility of "age verification" When used for public notice, the benefits, if any, of "social media" over the bulletin board at the student center are probably not worth the hassles

sysworld 4mo ago
I love bulletin boards. We had one in the apartment I used to live in. There is something about getting help/helping out super local people.
advisedwang 4mo ago
Some reasons why a computer system is beneficial: * Can send out updates quickly, e.g. changing rooms when you discover your secretary forgot to book the usual one that week 5 minutes before the club meeting. * Folks can see/post updates without going in to the student center in person. This is particularly helpful if there's any club members who live further away and/or down come by the student center regularly and/or aren't highly engaged enough to go check a board. * An archive of messages can be valuable. I have dug though club archives to find the name of a guest speaker from several years prior. Physical records make this difficult, especially in a college club where leadership changes frequently and papers get lost. Of course... email can do all of that. The lesson is to be judicious with technology, not abandon it entirely.
- butlike 4mo ago
  Email really is the superior choice. You subscribe to the ads you want to see (then unsubscribe from them later). You are your own targeted advertiser with email. No need for a third party to collect my blood type to get me more relevant ads, just have every retailer have a little checkbox "would you like to subscribe to our ads?" at point-of-sale.
1vuio0pswjnm7 4mo ago
Nowhere in the comment is it suggested to "abandon" anything entirely In fact the suggestion is not to abandon the bulletin board in the student center As usual, there will be HN replies that adhere to "all-or-nothing", "black and white", etc. thinking, e.g., believing there is an "either-or" choice between use of a computer system and another method However it's possible to use a bulletin board in the student center and a computer system. This is not an either-or choice, there is no requirement to choose one or the other For example, getting contact details from the bulletin board then using a smartphone to make a phone call or send a text message, using a laptop to send an email, etc. Further, there is no suggestion in the comment that one or the other, bulletin board in student center or computer system, is without benefits In fact, the comment suggests the bulletin board is useful: "It works" The question raised by the comment is whether the benefits of sending data to a remote third party, namely a "social media" company, outweigh the costs ("hassles") This is obviously more narrow than "using a computer system". We can use computer systems without involving "social media" companies

sysworld 4mo ago

I love bulletin boards. We had one in the apartment I used to live in. There is something about getting help/helping out super local people.

advisedwang 4mo ago

Some reasons why a computer system is beneficial: * Can send out updates quickly, e.g. changing rooms when you discover your secretary forgot to book the usual one that week 5 minutes before the club meeting. * Folks can see/post updates without going in to the student center in person. This is particularly helpful if there's any club members who live further away and/or down come by the student center regularly and/or aren't highly engaged enough to go check a board. * An archive of messages can be valuable. I have dug though club archives to find the name of a guest speaker from several years prior. Physical records make this difficult, especially in a college club where leadership changes frequently and papers get lost. Of course... email can do all of that. The lesson is to be judicious with technology, not abandon it entirely.

butlike 4mo ago
Email really is the superior choice. You subscribe to the ads you want to see (then unsubscribe from them later). You are your own targeted advertiser with email. No need for a third party to collect my blood type to get me more relevant ads, just have every retailer have a little checkbox "would you like to subscribe to our ads?" at point-of-sale.

1vuio0pswjnm7 4mo ago

Nowhere in the comment is it suggested to "abandon" anything entirely In fact the suggestion is not to abandon the bulletin board in the student center As usual, there will be HN replies that adhere to "all-or-nothing", "black and white", etc. thinking, e.g., believing there is an "either-or" choice between use of a computer system and another method However it's possible to use a bulletin board in the student center and a computer system. This is not an either-or choice, there is no requirement to choose one or the other For example, getting contact details from the bulletin board then using a smartphone to make a phone call or send a text message, using a laptop to send an email, etc. Further, there is no suggestion in the comment that one or the other, bulletin board in student center or computer system, is without benefits In fact, the comment suggests the bulletin board is useful: "It works" The question raised by the comment is whether the benefits of sending data to a remote third party, namely a "social media" company, outweigh the costs ("hassles") This is obviously more narrow than "using a computer system". We can use computer systems without involving "social media" companies